The solar eclipse mentioned in a text dating to the reign of Mursili II could be of great importance for the absolute chronology of the Hittite Empire within the chronology of the Ancient Near East. The text records an "omen of the sun," linked to the tenth year of Mursili's reign, which app...

A total solar eclipse will take place on March 9, ​2016. It will have a magnitude of 1.0450 that wil​l be visible across an area of Pacific Ocean, begi​nning at Indonesia, and ending at northern Pacific​ Ocean. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_e​clipse_of_March_9,_2016]Read more[/url...

For the first time, spacecraft catch a solar shockwave in the act On Oct. 8, 2013, an explosion on the suns surface sent a supersonic blast wave of solar wind out into space. This shockwave tore past Mercury and Venus, blitzing by the moon before streaming toward Earth. The shockwave struck a massive b...

The Aurora of November 17, 1882 was a geomagnetic storm and associated aurora event, widely reported in the media of the time. It occurred during an extended period of strong geomagnetic activity in solar cycle 12. Read more

A total solar eclipse occurred on May 9, 1929. The eclipse was visible from south east Asia Read more Title: Observations of the total solar eclipse of May 9, 1929, made by the Rubel eclipse expedition of Swarthmore Col...

A total solar eclipse will occur on November 3, 2013. It is a hybrid eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.0159. Read more The eclipse path will start in the Atlantic Ocean off the eastern coast of the United States and move eastward across the Atlantic

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